Gold futures surged on Wednesday, to settle with their sharpest daily rise since mid May amid rising military tensions between the USA and North Korea.

In the Dow, declines in shares of Merck and those of DuPont, recently down 0.9 per cent and 0.8 per cent respectively, outweighed gains in shares of Apple and those of Microsoft, recently up 1.3 per cent and 0.7 per cent respectively.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is attending the forum, skipped the gala dinner where the two ministers spoke but is expected along with the 24 other top diplomats from region to be in the same room as North Korea's representative at a session later Monday. "Risk aversion is still very much a concern for markets", said Shaun Osborne, chief currency strategist at Scotiabank in Toronto.

Baek said the South Korean military authorities maintained a complete defence readiness in preparation for several possible situations, urging North Korea "to stop provocation and change attitude".

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 36.64 points to 22,048.70, the S&P 500 index inched down 0.90 of a point to 2,474.02 and the Nasdaq composite index lost 18.13 points to 6,352.33. TMX Group Ltd was up 3.5 percent to C$68.23, while Quebecor Inc added 2.9 percent to C$44.60.

North Korea said it was considering plans to fire missiles at Guam, a USA -held Pacific island, after President Trump's warning on Tuesday.

A statement attributed to North Korea's head of strategic forces, General Kim Rak Gyom, said the plan for the strike would be ready by the middle of the month and would await orders from leader Kim Jong-un. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 edged down almost 0.1 percent to 5,760.90, while South Korea's Kospi fell 0.5 percent to 2,357.84.

An index of 15 gold miners tracked by Bloomberg Intelligence climbed 1.1 per cent, led by Toronto-based Yamana Gold Inc.

The Japanese yen strengthened 0.08 per cent versus the greenback at 110.00 per dollar.

U.S. crude shed 12 United States cents to US$49.05 a barrel, while Brent crude fell 18 USA cents a barrel at US$51.96 a barrel.

The Russell 2000 is up 39.82 points, or 2.9 percent. Brent crude, used to price global oils, gained 56 cents to $52.70 in London. The South African Rand slipped to its weakest position against the US Dollar in a month on Wednesday, a day after widely unpopular President Jacob Zuma survived a vote of no confidence in Parliament.

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Pyongyang said it was examining plans for attacking Guam, a US territory in the Pacific that has a USA military base. The market's main backstop in times of strain, gold, hit a two-month high of $1,282 an ounce amid the nervousness.

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Chameera nursed a stress fracture through much of 2016, and has had only sporadic opportunities with the national team since then. It was later confirmed that his injury was a result of a grade-one tear in his thigh muscles.

Mr Ransom, who takes his Lurcher dog to the site, said: "It's the one place around here you can really let the dogs off". Police revealed they were unclear about the motive behind the attack, describing it as "out of the ordinary".

There has been no word yet as to when The Munsters reboot will start production, nor when it will premiere on NBC. Though it had a relatively short lifespan, The Munsters swept up a massive following in syndication.

Last week, Karunanayake appeared before a presidential commission of enquiry in connection with the bond sale scandal in 2015. The move was praised by Sri Lanka's prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who defended Mr Karunayake.

While gold, a safe-haven favorite, pared some gains, it was last up 1.2 percent, at around its highest since mid-June. Priceline sank 7.8 percent as it projected third-quarter earnings below Wall Street analyst expectations.

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